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Review on 🌞 ROCKPALS 200W Portable Solar Panel with Kickstand - QC 3.0 & Type C Output, Foldable Solar Charger for Jackery Explorer/ROCKPALS/Paxcess Portable Solar Power Station Generator and USB Devices - 18V/36V by Tsuyoshi Tendencies

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Didn't work withJackery 1500 and was weak withJackery 1000

I bought this for myJackery 1500. It didn't work at all. Nothing. It worked with my Jackery 1000. So I decided to keep it as I'm using two Jackery = 200W panels anyway. And I can still use the two 100w Jackery panels I have to charge the 1500. It looks like a nice well built panel. Very similar to Jackery panels. However, when I checked the input meter, the Jackery 1000 drew no more than 62 watts. A few minutes later, in the same place, in the same sun, I connected a Jackery Solar Saga 100W panel to a Jackery 1000 panel and got a constant output of 85-98W. I hooked the panels back and forth in turn ago, after a few seconds, same place, same sun. The Jackery 100W panel was MUCH better than the Rockpals 200W. I don't want to tear it down completely. maybe it works better with rockpal's power plants. For Jackery power plants, however, I'll stick with Jackery panels. I returned it for this reason. this doesn't work very well with jackety power plants though. If you are using it for Jackery 1500 you will probably need to confirm with Jackery that both 8mm ports may need to be used for the solar array. Maybe that could work if you had two of these Rockpal 200Ws hooked up at the same time. However, as a single 100w Jackery panel far outperformed a 200w Rockpals panel, this was very disappointing. Will stick with Jackery Panels. They ran out of 200 watts so I ordered these. It's also cheaper, around $100, which was nice. I love that it had a couple of ports that the Jackery panels don't have and you'll need adapters if you want to charge other types of power stations with different sized inputs. This is a plus, although the adapters are easy to make and cheap. I would give four stars but have decided on Jackery products for three. Stick to jackety panels. I have had several brands of panels and they are the best I have ever used. They cost more, but are worth it in the long run.

Pros
  • Easy Install
Cons
  • Clarity